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W. A. MORSE. LIVE AND EXHAUST STEAM WATER HEATER AND PURIFIER.

No. 460,482. Patented Sept. 29, 1891,

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LIVE AND EXHAUST STEAM WATER HEATER AND PURIFIER. No. 460,482. vPatented'Sept. 29, 1891.

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IVALLAOE A. MORSE, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A SSIGNOR' OF ONE-HALF TOJOHN OBRIEN, OF SAME PLACE.

LlVE AND EXHAUST STEAM WATER HEATER AND PURIFIER;

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 460,482, datedSeptember 29, 1891.

Application filed December 16,1890. Serial No. 374.915. (N model.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WALLACE A. MORSE, of the city of St. Louis, in theState ofMissouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inExhaust-Steam ater-Heaters and Live-Steam Purifiers, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to certain improvements in devices which may beused as exhaust-steam heaters and live-steam purifiers combined or maybe used either as an exhaust-steam heater or a live-steam purifier, asmay be desired.

My invention consists in features of novelty hereinafter fullydescribed, and pointed out in the claims;

Figure I is an end view of a pair of boilers and illustrating inelevation the drum of the exhaust-steam heater and live-steam purifier.Fig. II is a vertical longitudinal section of the drum, taken on line IIII, Fig.'III. Fig. III is a transverse section taken on line III III,Fig. II.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents the furnace, and 2 3 theboilers.

. 4. represents a drum located, preferably, over the boilers, and whichis divided transversely into two compartments by a partition 5.

6 represents the live-steam-purifier end of the drum, and 7 theexhaust-steam-heater side of the drum. Each side is provided with aspray-cone 8, the inner member 9 of which is made fast to itscirculatingpipes 10, as shown in Fig. II. This member of each cone isstationary, While the outer member 11 of each cone is movable and fitsover a tube or sleeve 12, projecting downward from the top of the drum.The inner member 9 of each cone has an upturned lip 13, and the outermember 11 of each cone has a lip 14, preferably vertical or slightlyinturned. This arrangement of the cones is for the purpose of makingthem self-cleaning and to admit an even spray of Water under allconditions of pressure, and they are self-cleaning for the reason thatwhen they become clogged the outer members of the cones willautomatically lift under the resistance to the passage of the water, andthus permit the sprays to clean themselves. The lower ends of the pipes10 are closed, and the water entering through the pipes flows throughperforations 15 into the space between the two members of the cones,where, on the live-steam-purifier end of the drum, it is mingled withsteam entering the space 16 from a pipe 17 between the sleeve 12 and thepipe 10, which steam passes down between the two members of the cone.

18 represents a return circulating-steam pipe, which insures thecirculation of steam through the pipe 17.

When both sides of the drum are used, the waterfirst enters the end 7 ofthe drum through the pipe 10 and falls from the cone 8 onto pans 20,over which it flows, andis finally deposited into this end of the drum,and is carried through means of a pipe 21 and a pump, (not shown,) withwhich the pipe 21 communicates, around to the pipe 10 of the end 6 ofthe drum, and falls through the cone 8 onto the pans 22 in the end 6 ofthe drum, and is finally 7 5 carried from this end of the drum through apipe 23 to the boiler. The lower pan 20 in the end 7 of the drumdeposits the water into the innerportion of this end of the drum, andbefore the water can reach the pipe 21 it is forced to percolate througha filter-box 24., and in like manner the water is deposited into theinner part of the end 6 of the drum from the lower pan 22, and is forcedto percolate through afilter-box 25 before it can reach the pipe 23.Now, if it is desired to out out the end 7 of the drum for repairs'orotherwise the water may pass direct from the hydrant or other supplyinto the end 6 without first passing through the end 7 of the drum, andif it is desired to cutout the end 6 of the drum for repairs orotherwise the water can pass from the end 7 of the drum direct to theboiler through the pipe 21, which would then be connected to the boiler.The exhaust- 5 steam enters the end 7 of the chamber from a pipe 30through a duct 31, and for the purpose of removing any .oil that may becontained in the exhaust-steam I locate at the mouth of the duct acollector consisting of a funnel 32, having a discharge-pipe 33. Themouth of the funnel is provided with inclined strips 84, which wouldreceive the grease and deposit it into the funnel.

35 represents a blow-off pipe forming a connection between necks 36 onthe respective ends of the drum.

37 represents a balance-pipe forming a connection between the respectiveends of the drum, as shown clearly in Fig. II.

I claim as my invention 1. In alive-steam purifier or exhaust-steamheater, the combination of a drum and a spray-cone consisting of aninner stationary member and an outer movable member, substantially asand for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination of a drum, a supplypipe, and a spray-cone consistingof an inner stationary member secured to the supplypipe and an outermovable member, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a combined live-steam purifier and exhaust-steain heater, thecombination of a oil or grease remover consisting of a funnel providedwith cross-strips 34, the said duct being arranged to direct the steamat an angle to the planes of the individual slats and the slats beinginclined from the horizontal and having spaces between them for thedescent of the grease into the funnel, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

WALLACE A. MORSE.

In presence of E. S. KNIGHT, J. M. MARo'r.

